ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses the extent to which and how power resources of migrant workers and trade unions shape the relationship between them, as well as the specific relevance of union power resources in supporting the inclusion of migrant workers. The discussion underlines gaps and tensions in the use of power resources for the inclusion of migrant workers, the significance of the challenging experiences and position of migrant workers for the debate on union power resources and the way trade unions perceive and frame the impact of migrant labour on working conditions generally. It also comments on the significance that the mobilisation of specific power resources has in terms of the development of “fairness” and “social justice” at work. In so doing, this chapter adds to the literature on trade union action in support of migrant workers but more fundamentally it underlines how the analysis of migrant labour contributes to the debate on power resources when discussing organisations and social constituencies.
